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A Little Life

In A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara presents an argument for why some lives aren’t worth living. She gets it wrong. Review by Najma Zahira

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Mary Poppins

Sixty years after it was released, Mary Poppins still highlights the important things in life. Review by Annie Joy Williams

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The Black Utopians

In recounting the stories of black Americans who have sought to build utopias, Robertson reveals their absence of a true refuge in this world. Review by James E Cherry

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